Several constituents in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have raised concerns over the abandonment of multiple constituency projects by former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and other National Assembly members from the area.
Among the concerned constituents are traditional rulers, town union presidents and others.
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During the presentation of the Awgu Community Constituency Project Tracking Report (2015–2018), chair of the committee which documented the report, Julius Azinkpali, said the committee was perplexed to discover that most of the projects were either abandoned, poorly executed or yet to take off.
The report is sponsored by an Enugu-based non-governmental organisation, Divine Era Development and Social Rights Initiatives (DEDSRI), in partnership with ActionAide Nigeria and the support of UKaid.
Mr Azinkpali also fingered Toby Okechukwu representing Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency in the issue of abandoned projects.
Azinkpali spoke on how a project for the “Maintenance of Youth Development Centre” at Nsulu Games Village, worth N10 million, was abandoned.
“Nothing was done about the project after site clearance, even when some of the projects were indicated to have been completed,” he said.
“Other failed and abandoned projects in the area include a N30 million Ogbuma Rural Road.
“The project was captured twice by a government agency and ministry at N30 million each. Only about 10 per cent work was done.”
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However, the Special Assistant to Mr Ekweremadu on Project, Jonathan Ivoke said the community should look for documents if it intends to track constituency projects.
“If you are tracking constituency projects, go and look for the documents. They are public documents,” he said.
